Craig Richards - Get Lost VII

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  • Getting lost in one of Craig Richards' sets at fabric is as much part of the London experience as getting lost on the tube. Both are packed, underground and disorientating—though the former is of course a lot more fun. That Richards has had the world flock to him during his 15 years as a fabric resident has meant he hasn't had to push himself through punishing international tour schedules to become a star. He's also freed himself of the constraints that come with that lifestyle: instead of banging out two-hour sets in different clubs every night, he's been able to push the warm and groovy house and techno he loves in a club he knows intimately. You can see why helming an edition of Get Lost would appeal to Richards, given that many of the mixes in the series—particularly those from Dinky and Jamie Jones—have been trips into the weirder edges of 4/4. Perhaps unsurprisingly, that's the same route he follows here. Get Lost VII presents Richards' usual blend of streamlined rhythms and spooky atmospheres—no one would suspect anything if you told them it was yet another of his contributions to fabric's mix series. There are light and bouncy moments, but with the ketamine voices, bare bones percussion and thick bass of tracks like STL's "Something Is Raw," Ruf Dog's "1 4 Ron" and Richards' own "Sleeping Rough," this is music for dark corners rather than blitzing strobes. The mixing, too, is un-flashy but effective. Music this deep works best at the end of the night, when the crowd's thinning down to the real heads, yet Richards can always fill a dance floor with it. It's an elusive kind of nocturnal magic, one that doesn't always work heard on a CD in the cold light of day.
  • Tracklist
      CD 1: 01. JTC – Through The Looking Glass 02. Black Rascals – Blaze Theme Track 03. Trans Mania ­ Boing, Boom, Jack (Alexander Robotnick Remix) 04. Untitled – Untitled (Thorny Hill Edit) 05. Raiders Of The Lost ARP ­ On And On (Patrice Scott Sistrum Remix) 06. Zsou Vs Velvet Season & The Hearts Of Gold – Fantasy Princess 07. Calibre – Getter Go 08. 2 House ­ Go Techno (Tony Humphries Dub Mix) 09. Trevino – Revolve 10. Steve Bug – Big Cheese From Wisconsin 11. The Model ­ Dungeon Man 12. Lerosa – Blinkerskate (Her Mix) 13. Backroom Productions ­ Definition Of A Track 14. dBRm – Darnley 15. Mark A Brook – Sound Barrier 16. Kenny Larkin ­ Groove 17. Ruf Dug – 1 4 Ron 18. Michael Ozone – Perfect Systems (Steve Summers Remix) 19. This Side Up ­ Love Starts With An L CD 2: 01. Spesimen ­ Calibus 02. Pametex ­ Reflectie 03. ERP ­ Lodestone (Ideograma Bsas Mix) 04. Klorex 55 ­ Mystisk 05. Amfibian ­ Pa Relax (Jark & Prongo Remix) 06. Craig Richards – Sleeping Rough 07. DMX Krew – Undesirable Element 08. Neil Landstrumm – Keep Up 09. Arpanet – Wireframe Images 10. STL – Something Is Raw 11. Unknown – Untitled (Jonny Rock Edit) 12. The Parallax Corporation ­ Anti Social Tendencies 13. Redshape – Finizh 14. Joey Anderson ­ Musical Tentacles 15. Samuel L. Session – Givin You Part 3 16. Brooks Mosher – Encroachment 17. Radio Nasty – Radio 1 18. Bangkok Impact – Junge Dame Mit Freundliche Telefonstimme
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